All of the Franklin Moore’s have been successful and, as a result, the early Franklin’s contributions have been noted in the historical book, History of St. Clair County published in 1883. Following is an excerpt from the book.
The description above recounts many of Franklin’s accomplishments, but there was a mischievous side to him as well. During his time at Yale he was disciplined a few times and those demerits are still part of his permanent record. The notation in the Yale student infractions ledger doesn’t explain the offense that led to his being “required to leave town immediately and to be absent until after Commencement, but recommended for a degree; his case to be presented as a special one.” Family lore, though, is that he was expelled for leading a horse upstairs in a dormitory, presumably with three friends that received lesser punishments for the incident. While horses can climb stairs, they cannot comfortably walk back down. The horse’s fate has been lost over the past century and a half, but Franklin returned to Yale, resumed his studies, and graduated with the class behind him in 1868.